In crystallo lattice adaptivity triggered by solid-gas reactions of cationic group 7 pincer complexes.
Joe C GoodallM Arif SajjadEmily A ThompsonSamuel J PageAdam M KerriganHuw T JenkinsJason M LynamStuart A MacgregorAndrew S WellerPublished in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2023)
The group 7 complexes [M(κ 3 -2,6-(R 2 PO) 2 C 5 H 3 N)(CO) 2 L][BAr F 4 ] [M = Mn, R = i Pr, L = THF; M = Re, R = t Bu, L = vacant site] undergo in crystallo solid-gas reactivity with CO to form the products of THF substitution or CO addition respectively. There is a large, local, adaptive change of [BAr F 4 ] anions for M = Mn, whereas for M = Re the changes are smaller and also remote to the site of reactivity.